The Year in (The Agency) Review 2025 - Selection


Jim Stakes is a successful photographer.

His pictures have appeared on billboards and posters and the centrefolds of glossy magazines. But things weren’t always so glamorous. His first work behind the camera was on low budget porn sets.

As a young man, it seemed like a dream job, but it quickly turned into a nightmare. Now, some of the people Jim used to work with are dying, and he thinks their deaths might be linked.

When a starlet he once cared for puts herself in danger, he faces an unstoppable slide back into the dark world he thought he’d escaped.

As funny as it is disturbing, this comic noir is a grimy tale of excess, obsession and unrequited lust.